NBC News: David Gregory here to stay

"I cannot be more declarative about David -- is our guy, is going to be our guy, and we are really happy with him," said Wallace in her first interview since adding the Sunday show to her portfolio. "I know there continues to be lots of hubbub, but I'm in every single meeting: There is no internal hubbub." ...

Wallace's mandate isn't just to improve ratings, but in the words of NBC News president Deborah Turness, to help transition the Sunday show into a "7 days-a-week source for politics and beltway buzz." And Gregory, Wallace insisted, is key to beefing up the show's digital presence.

That's great. We know NBC is invested in Gregory. But let's talk about the signal and the noise. The noise is all this talk about digital, which doesn't pay the bills, and "buzz," which isn't really quantifiable. The signal, the metric that matters, is ratings. The ratings are bad right now. That said, good on Deborah Turness for giving Gregory and his executive producer Rob Yarin time to figure things out. How much time is an open question.